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Best Documentary Feature: “Lost Airmen of Buchenwald,” directed by Mike Dorsey
Best Documentary Short: “Survive. Recover. Live.,” directed by Ivan Kander
Best International Film: “Bridges: A Living Graphic Novel,” directed by Miguel Pate
Best Narrative Feature: “Memorial Day,” directed by Sam Fischer
Best Narrative Short: “8:46,” directed by Jennifer Gargano
Best Short Short: “Jockstrap Raiders,” directed by Mark Nelson
Best Student Film: “Stateside,” directed by “Stateside,” directed by Jacob J. Tanenbaum
Founder’s Choice Award: “The Red Machine,” directed by Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm
The Military Channel Award: “The Borinqueneers,” directed by Noemi Figueroa Soulet
Best Documentary Feature: “Patrol Base Jaker,” directed by David Scantling
Best Documentary Short: “Last to Leave,” directed by Pat Clark
Best International Film: Bridges: “The Telegram Man” (Australia), directed by James Khehtie
Best Narrative Feature: “Flag of My Father,” directed by Rodney Ray
Best Narrative Short: “A Marine’s Guide to Fishing,” directed by Nicholas Brennan
Best Student Film: “Thule,” directed by Robert Scott Wildes
Founder’s Choice Award: “The Wereth Eleven,” directed by Robert Child
The Military Channel Award: “Shepherds of Helmand,” directed by Gary Mortensen
Best Documentary Feature: “Chosin,” directed by Brian Iglesias
Best Documentary Short:” Prayers for Peace,” directed by Dustin Grella
Best Narrative Feature: “Minus One,” directed by Jon Osbeck and Marc Wiskemann
Best Narrative Short: “Head in the Sand,” directed by David Baldwin
Best Student Film: “Ghost Soldier,” directed by Allan Tsao
Founder’s Choice Award: “Brats: Our Journey Home,” directed by Donna Musil
The Military Channel Award: “The Surge,” directed by Jason Meath
Best Documentary Feature: “Perfect Valor,” directed by David C. Taylor
Best Documentary Short: “A Touch of Home,” directed by Patrick Fries
Best First Time Filmmaker: “The Inheritance of War,” directed by Ashley Karras
Best Military Family Film: “Lioness,” directed by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers
Best Narrative Feature: “Everyman’s War,” directed by Thad Smith
Best Narrative Short: “Witt’s Daughter,” directed by Carole Holliday
Best Short Film: “Looking Back,” directed by Emile Bokaer
Best Student Film: “Kapisa,” directed by Kyle Hausman-Stokes and Paul Sage
Founder’s Choice Award: “The Triangle of Death,” directed by Folleh Shar Francis Tamba
Best Feature Documentary: “Brothers at War,” directed by Jake Rademacher
Best Documentary Short: “Spitfire 944,” directed by William Lorton
Best Family Film: “The Flyboys,” directed by Rocco DeVilliers
Best Narrative Feature: “Soldier’s Heart,” directed by Brian Delate
Best Narrative Short: “God and Country,” directed by Daniel Piatt
American Pride Film: “SWIM,” directed by Chantz Hoover
Founder’s Choice Award: “The Last 600 Meters,” directed by Michael Pack
Best Documentary Feature: “ Speed & Angels,” directed by Peyton Wilson
Best Documentary Short: “Shakey’s Hill,” directed by Norman Lloyd
Best Narrative Feature: “Divergence,” directed by Patrick Donnelly
Best Narrative Short: “Old Glory,” directed by James McEachin
Founder’s Choice Award: “Patriot Act,” directed by Jeff Ross